Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: France in revolution, 1774-99 / Russia in revolution, 1894-1924 June 2025 question paper 9HI0/2C

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the nature of the September massacres in Paris in 1792?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate the way the workforce at the Lena goldfields was treated in 1912?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that the failings of Louis XVI and his ministers in the 1780s were the main reason for the onset of the French Revolution in 1789?

How far do you agree that, in the years 1795–99, the political and financial successes of the Directory outweighed its political and financial failures?

5 ‘The differences between the Revolutions of 1905 and February 1917 in Russia far outweigh their similarities.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that Lenin’s actions and attitudes were the main reason for the survival of the Bolshevik regime in the years 1917–24?